SOLUTION: the distance between two cities is southwest ten miles. to dive, you must travel 8 miles east. how many miles north will you have to drive?

Question 252566: the distance between two cities is southwest ten miles. to dive, you must travel 8 miles east. how many miles north will you have to drive?

Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Step 1 - draw a segment going from northeast to southwest. Call is 10 miles. Create a right triangle with lines going east and then south. Label the east 8 miles. You have created a right triangle with a = a (north / south), b = 8, and
c = 10. Use Pythagorean theorem to find a.

a = 6 miles north.

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